Sustaining a Joyous Easter Feeling
That joyous Easter feeling should last all year, this friar says.
Notes from a Friar: Loving the ‘Least of Us’
Moving is disorienting, no matter how often a person has done it.
Center for Action and Contemplation
Founded by Franciscan Richard Rohr, this center helps people unpack the tradition of Christian contemplation and put it into action.
Followers of St. Francis: Al Hirt, OFM
When Father Al Hirt, OFM, was a child growing up in Batesville, Indiana, the Franciscan friars who ran St. Louis Church seemed omnipresent in the small Midwestern town.
Crèches from around the Globe
Brother Tim Sucher, OFM, has loved Nativity scenes since he was a small child. Now he has amassed a collection of over 100 crèches from all over the world.
Brothers, Contemporaries, Saints: Francis and Anthony
The Franciscans had two saints, Francis and Anthony, who symbolized two strains that would exist, sometimes in tension, among them from that time forward.
